About Kim
Kim received her degrees in Economics and Health Care Administration from the University of Iowa. She served in consecutively responsible positions as a hospital administrator and health care system executive in Fort Worth, TX. Returning from several years off as a community volunteer and stay-at-home mother, she worked as a health care consultant. Ultimately this consulting work brought her to her passion, improving care at the end of life for patients, their families and clinicians. She serves as the Executive Director of Texas Talks, a 501c3 statewide organization focused on gaining adoption of end of life care conversations between patients and clinicians. She has served on the National POLST Board since 2018. She has served in an interim role as the Executive Director of the National POLST Collaborative for two periods.